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Joe Baker |
Hibernian FC,
Arsenal
FC
8 appearances, 3 goals
P 8 W 3 D 3 L 2 F 14:
A 12
*(actual F 13: A 12)
56% successful
1959-66
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 665 |
 |
Profile |
Full name |
Joseph Henry Baker |
(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.) |
Born |
17
July 1940 in Smithdown Road Infirmary, Smithdown Road, Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire [registered in
Liverpool South, September 1940],
First six weeks in Woolton village, then Wishaw, Lanark. Attended Park Street
Primary School and St Joseph's High School, Wishaw |
Family notes |
Born
to English father, George and Scottish mother, Elizabeth, his older
brother Gerry was born in New York in 1938, before they came to Liverpool,
and onto Lanarkshire when he was six weeks old. |
Died |
6
October 2003 at Wishaw General Hospital, North Lanarkshire,
suffered a
heart-attack during a celebrity golf match at Lanark Golf Club, aged
62 years 81 days,
former referee David Syme tried to resuscitate him.
[not registered in England]. |
Height/Weight |
5'
8", 11st.
7lbs [1963]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
Biographies |
The Fabulous Baker Boys: The Greatest Strikers Scotland Never Had - Tom
Maxwell
(Birlinn Ltd, 19 September 2013) |
Club Career |
Club(s) |
Played schoolboy in Wishaw, playing for Motherwell Boys' Guild.
After leaving school, Baker turned out with Coltness United FC and
Armadale Thistle FC, and represented both Lanarkshire and the East
Scotland Junior Association, from there he was signed by Hibernian FC,
and he signed his first professional contract in June 1956,
he played in 117 league matches, scoring 102 times. His
outstanding goalscoring record was soon noted by Italian club, Torino, where he
was signed for £73,000 in May 1961 and played with Denis Law,
he made nineteen Italian league appearances, scoring seven times. He left after needing
life-saving surgery when he crashed his Alfa Romeo Geulietta Sprint.
Arsenal manager, Billy Wright, convinced his board of directors to part
with £67,500 to bring Baker to Highbury on 16 July 1962. He
scored 93 goals in 144 league appearances. In February 1966,
Nottingham Forest FC paid £60,000 for his services and he
returned 118 league appearances with 41 goals. In June 1969,
Sunderland AFC took him to Roker Park for a £30,000 fee,
making forty league appearances, scoring twelve goals. He rejoined
Hibernian FC in July 1971 for £12,000, making another
twenty league appearances, and another twelve goals. he scored
nine goals in one cup tie for Hibs. Finally turned out for Raith Rovers FC
between June 1972 and October 1974 when he made 49 league
appearances and scoring 34 goals. His overall total was
301 league goals in 507 league appearances. |
Club honours |
Scottish FA Cup runners-up 1957-58;
Football League runners-up 1966-67 |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
Scored
a record 42 goals for Hibernian in 1959-60. Brother of Gerry Baker
(United States, Manchester City FC and Ipswich Town FC) |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of four who became 786th
players (788) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
First match |
No. 337, 18 November 1959,
England 2
Northern
Ireland 1,
a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London,
aged 19 years 124 days.
 |
Last match |
No. 396, 5 January 1966,
England 1 Poland
1, a friendly match at Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool, aged
25 years 172 days. |
Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1966 (standby);
British Championship 1959-60, 1965-66; |
Team honours |
British Championship shared 1959-60,
winners 1965-66; |
Individual honours |
England U23 (six appearances, four goals,
1958-60),
Scotland schoolboy (two appearances) |
Distinctions |
The first player to be capped for England whilst
playing for a club outside the Football League. |
Beyond England |
Had a spell as a manager/coach of
Fauldhouse United FC in 1980, and had two spells managing Albion Rovers FC
in 1981-82 and 1983-84. Since leaving football, has lived in the Wishaw
area and employed as a licensee and in the building industry. Also became
a club hospitality host
at Hibernian FC. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.20. |
Joe Baker - Career Statistics |
Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
8+ |
8 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
665 |
3 |
222
min |
2 |
none |
none |
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
Joe Baker
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Home |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
75.0 |
+2 |
Away |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
3 |
6 |
0.75 |
1.50 |
37.5 |
-1 |
All
- White |
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
14 |
12 |
+2 |
2 |
1 |
1.75 |
1.50 |
56.3 |
+1 |
Joe Baker
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
British Championship |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
1.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
Friendly |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
-3 |
2 |
1 |
1.20 |
1.80 |
40.0 |
-1 |
All |
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
14 |
12 |
+2 |
2 |
1 |
1.75 |
1.50 |
56.3 |
+1 |
Joe Baker
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1959-60 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
1.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
BC 1965-66 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC
All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
1.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
1.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
1.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
Joe Baker
- Match History |
Club: Hibernian F.C. -
5 full appearances |
manager: Walter Winterbottom - 5
full capsx
|
|
Age 18 |
1 |
u23 |
24 September 1958 - England 4 Poland 1, Hillsborough, Sheffield |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
9 |
2 |
u23 |
15 October 1958 - England 3
Czechoslovakia 0, Carrow Road, Norwich |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
9 |
Age 19 |
3 |
u23 |
11 November 1959 - England 2 France 0,
Roker Park, Sunderland |
Fr |
HW |
Start
 |
9 |
1 |
337 |
18 November 1959 -
England 2
Northern
Ireland 1,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HW |
Start
17 |
9 |
u23 |
2 March 1960 - Scotland 4 England 4,
Ibrox Park, Glasgow |
Fr |
AD |
withdrew |
4 |
u23 |
16 March 1960 - England 5 Netherlands 2, Hillsborough, Sheffield |
Fr |
HW |
Start
  |
9 |
2 |
338 |
9 April 1960 -
Scotland 1 England
1,
Hampden
Park, Glasgow |
BC |
AD |
Start |
9 |
3 |
339 |
11 May 1960 -
England 3
Yugoslavia
3,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HD |
Start |
9 |
4 |
340 |
15 May 1960 -
Spain
3 England 0,
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid |
tour |
AL |
Start |
9 |
5 |
341 |
22 May 1960 -
Hungary
2 England
0,
Népstadion,
Budapest |
AL |
Start |
9 |
Age 20 |
u/o |
u23 |
21 September
1960 - England 5 Vejle Boldklub 1, Maine Road, Manchester |
Fr |
HW |
Start
 |
9 |
5 |
u23 |
2 November
1960 - England 1 Italy 1, St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Fr |
HD |
Start
 |
9 |
u23 |
1 March 1961 - England 1 Scotland 1,
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough |
Fr |
HD |
withdrew |
Club: Arsenal F.C. -
3 full appearances |
manager: Alf Ramsey - 3
full capsx
|
|
Age 22 |
6 |
u23 |
21 March
1963 - England 0 Yugoslavia 0, Old Trafford, Manchester |
Fr |
HD |
Start |
9 |
Age 25 |
6 |
394 |
10 November 1965 -
England 2
Northern
Ireland 1,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HW |
Start
19 |
9 |
7 |
395 |
8 December 1965 -
Spain
0 England 2,
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid |
Fr |
AW |
Start
8 off 35 |
9 |
0-1 when substituted |
8 |
396 |
5 January 1966 -
England 1 Poland
1,
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
Fr |
HD |
Start |
9 |
Alf Ramsey named his provisional list of forty players on April 7. He
then named a provisional squad of 28 on 6 May to attend Lilleshall. Joe
Baker was one of the twelve cut, but asked to remain on standby. |
Notes
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